The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-05
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

w O. Mccormick has been appointed agent of the |
Nandaa at Logansport, on The L. H. a. H. DIVISION
c. n. Wilson has sold his interest in the Railway |
LANTERN, and has resigned its editor sand manager
Ey Skinner has been appointed general Eastern |
agent for the Canadian Pacific road, with once IN
New York.
d. X Folsom general agent of the American Ex |
press Company has gone to Chicago, to be absent |
until Monday next
w. J. Berg, general travelling passenger agent OF |
the Chesapeake q Ohio is spending day or Two III
the city. taking soundiEgs
Superintendent opdyke. of the New Haven q
Northampton road has resigned it is believed TO en-
ter the service of the New England road
District passenger agents Wren, of the Queen q
Crescent route and Appleby of tho St Louis q San
francisco, are in the city prospecting for business
The c.. L. ST. l.. e. G. earned in the month OF Feb
ruary $191. 22342 decrease as compared WIN the
earnings of corresponding month 1886, $4, 94465.
Bills of the same character of the interstate-com-
bill have been introduced into the LEGISLATURES
of sixteen States As yet none have passeo such oi
President Iavnp takes hold of the Decline as its
president with the road free from any floating debt
and very comfortable balance OF cash IN the treas
my.
Tits rumored that the Adams Express Company
will Withdraw from the g. r. s. l. in favor of the Z.
g. which will withdraw from some Eastern line In re-
turn.
The Missouri Pacific annual meeting will be held
Tuesday next The annual report which is to be
submitted at St Louis, it is said will beexceptionally
good
G. r. Briggs late general agent of the Cincinnati
Wabash & Michigan, headquarters Indianapolis has
taken service with Texas road and has this week
moved mis- family to Dallas Tex.
Joseph Graves freight conductor the Vandalia
md who had been in the employ of the company
eighteen years, fell dead. yesterday at Casey H.,
where his train was doing some work.
M. G.. Stimmel. late private secretary of Superin-
aendent Fa, go, of the American Express Company,
has accepted position in the Office OF the Baltimore
81 Ohio Express Company at this point.
b. II. Dowdin the retiring passenger conductor on
the L.. N A. & c. road is to act as agent of the
aral roads ceIterng at Charlottesville Junction, as
we as to have charge of the junction Hotel.
In the month of February but All car loads of
grain were handled at the elevator of the l.. d. q s.
,oad. against 1,264 in January. The bad country
soads wholly responsible for the unfavorabe Feb
euary exhibit.
The Louisville New Albany & Chicago railway
give notice of their intention to avail themselves of
the option to pay off all outstanding bonds OF Ken
lucky and Indiana Car Trust on June l. 1897, which
that the company intend to secure full control
OF the bonds.
General Manager Conklin of the Terre Haute &
Peoria road is beginning to up matters and
improve the physical condition of the property, now
that he has means to proceed with The company is
receiving 2, 600 tons of steel rails and disribut
Ing go 600 cross-ties along the line.
The Wabash lake line of steamers, which oper-
nted by the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific railway,
from Buffalo to Toledo has been leased to the Erie
railroad and will be put on the Union steamboat lIne
which is the Fries lake line from Buffalo to Chicago
and the Toledo service will be discontinued.
1.-THE various pools and pool commissioners says
Business big and little keep on interpreting the
Interstate law and telling what the railroads
will do. When they get through commission of Pres
dent Ceveland's appointment will take a crack at it.
Cleveland commission will have the last say"
For through route in its ''veally stage the L. n.
A. & G. and the g. II. & l. doing heavy passen-
roads are young men. and are doing very creditabe
work, and. result, the earnings from the passen-
ger traffic of both roads showing up handsomely.
Commissioner Blanchard of the Central Associ-
alton telegra pied from New York yesterday that
result of the meetings in New York would be the
holding of meeting in Chicago next Tuesday. March
1;,1ae
Association expected to be present to further
slider the interstate law.
AS matters stand the owners of the Indianap-
os Peru & Chicago road will be obliged to operate
&their road after the 18th of this month the
Wabash, St Louis & Pacific lines west of the river
shat date will be taken out of the hands of the court
nd is under the receivers of that part of the Wabash
System that the l., 2. & G. is now operated.
The announcement that j. H. Steiner commercial
accept the position of secretary of the new trotng
association good deal of surprise to railroad
men at this point Mr. Steiner has been in the rail
road ssrvlce IN responsible positions for some twenty
---gars ard is we'll known for his efficiency and wide
awake methods of doing business.
Mr. Mccullough, who is vice-president of the Penn
sylvania Company has written circular letter to the
general managers of the Western lines asking nforma
en to what action they intend to take regarding
annual passes already issued. Mr.. Mccullough states
that it is the intention of his company to Withdraw
and call in all passes with the exception of those given
TO railway employees and exchanges.
The citizens of Hamilton, o. are much elated over
the prospects that they to have two three
roads The most important one is the project te
build south down the Little Miami valley to Aurora
Madison, then to Jeffersonvile, Ind 1t is highly
probable that this road will be built, ample ar
rangements have been made with New York and Bos
ton capitalists to raise the money to carry out the
project.
Frank Wade district passenger agent of the Wa
bash st. Louis & Pacific road which the line:
west Of the river now breathes easier as the pro
gramme of the management has so far developed
give notice that the district agencies at In
dianapois Cincinnati and Pittsburg would be contin
ar olado nd M
O., are to be discontinued. Of this enarge
the territory of each district passenger agent
In the company's service.
The L., E. & st. L. Airline company will at al
early day commence work branch line of thei
road from Rockport to point opposite Owensboro
Ky. On the completion of the line the cars will b.
crossed over the Ohio transfer boat built espe
ciay for the purpose The line will be ten miles il
length. At Greensboro connections will be made will
the Owensboro & Nashville railroad This would ope1
up to the Airline the great tobacco and whisky trad
of that section of Kentucky.
Among the pensioners of the American Express
Company paid from the indianapolis Office are Ben
Mason, who now resides in Utica, n " who il
the service of the company thirty years and San
McElwaine, who worked for the company fully a
long, part of the time agent at Terre Haute. I'll
resides in Paris, ILL.,, and to each of these pen
sioners on the company, and honorable ones too Mr.
Folsom monthly forwards $41.67, which is half tn
pay they received when running messengers.
General Passenger Agent Atmore, of the Louisvill
s. Nashville, when asked il Louisville & Nashvill
passes had been called in said: mo, have not we
decided whether passes will be entirely done ava
with For instance if newspaper gives me its serv
ices. it is question whether am not at liberty
pay with pass. Say that advertise in a newspape
for three months for 800. Suppose it suits bot
the newspaper and myself to pay for the advertising
in transportation. What difference would it b
whether paid in cash or transportation
Thereports from st. Louis and other centers shoy
great decentralization in rail rates There is cuttin
everywhere but it is most severe in st. Louis wher
The river is taking the business which the raj
cannot compete with except at loss, Toledo Mar
ket Report says: What supreme folly it is for tn
railway managers to meet and soiemnly resolve t.
maintain rate of 3Oc from Chicago and 35c from
St. Louis and before the ink of contract is dry con,